
          the party claiming his intimacy
 has never been within his
 doors, & that he has heretofore
 instructed his Servant to refuse
 him admission should he at
 any time present himself.


 I thank you heartily for
 your kind invitation, but I
 shall have needful occupation
 for some time to come in
 "snugging" myself in my new
 & very comfortable quarters,
 where I hope to botanize again
 someday with greater convenience [?]
 than I have experienced for a long
 time past. The specimen enclosed
 in your letter has got
 sadly mangled in coveyance
        